O Quotes
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“One similarity I see between peers and some of the people who read my books is that comics were definitely an outlet for us.”
“One simple answer is that there has been a massive rise in the incidence of sanctimony and smugness among the successful that has nothing to do with any change in the underlying reality. Rather, it has been stimulated by politicians who have realized that it is possible to win power by recruiting the most economically successful forty per cent or so of the population in a crusade to roll back the gains made by their fellow citizens in the previous forty years. And how better to rationalize this than to tell people that they deserve the incomes that the market generates?”
Source: Political Argument
“One simple change - seeking and finding peace within - could, if it were undertaken by everyone, end all wars, eliminate conflict and prevent injustice. World peace is a personal thing. What is needed is not a change of circumstance, but a change of consciousness.”
“One simple glance can convey to your recipient that you are . . .
• Present
• Interested
• Paying attention
• Being respectful
• Listening
• Confident
• Engaged
• Caring
• Dedicated
• Appreciative
• Empathetic
• Focused
• Supportive
• Trustworthy
• Acknowledging
• Excited
This list barely scratches the surface; however, it opens the conversation about how vital your eye contact is for making positive first impressions.”
Source: The Art of Body Language: 8 Ways to Optimize Non-Verbal Communication for Positive Impact
“One simple rule: no amnesty, no special pathway to citizenship.”
“One simple step firms can take is make sure that people that are getting paid a lot of money, say more than a million or two, that a big chunk of that money is deferred. That's going to change the whole ballgame.”
“One simple step of parking my attention on something constructive and using my strengths helped me build self-esteem. Instead of considering myself to be a failure, I could see myself as a success, even if in only a small way.”
“One simple thing that we might do in the research process is a simple renaming of the user as a reader or interpreter, which emphasizes the interpretive nature of design interactions.”
Source: Solving Critical Design Problems: Theory and Practice
“One simple thought can change the world; think passionately!”
“One simple word: ugh. Is something still considered a conspiracy if it's played out right under our noses?”
“One simply cannot claim god's love until they have a love for his creation.”
“One simply cannot come to a cause like the kingdom of God, with its celestial concepts, and not appreciate and identify with what Ammon said: "Behold, I say unto you, I cannot say the smallest part which I feel."”
“One simply cannot engage in barbarous action without becoming a barbarian, because one cannot defend human values by calculated and unprovoked violence without doing mortal damage to the values one is trying to defend.”
“One simply cannot pay tribute to Stephen Covey without saying at the outset that he was a lovely human being.”
“One simply did not invite death upon their door unless they were hoping to die.”
Source: The Silent Cries of a Magpie
“One simply turns to the ideological vending machine, and out comes the prepared formulae.”
Source: The End of Ideology: On the Exhaustion of Political Ideas in the Fifties : with
“One sin another doth provoke.”
Source: Aphorisms from Shakespeare
“One sin leads to another
Brother kills brother
When time: all spare
The burden of war
Who wants to bear
Cowards what we are!”
“One sin occurs, naturally; conversely, one happens unnaturally, having human permission, which poisons, and damages the moral values of the entire humanity, since it is the worst one.”
“One sin seldom mentioned is that of killing time.”
“One sin, I know, another doth provoke.
Murder's as near to lust as flame to smoke.”
Source: The plays and poems of William Shakspeare
“One sincere truth from a stranger is more likely to move your life forward...than anything your friends and family may tell you to spare your feelings.”
“One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion.”
“One single act of defiance against power, against the State that seems omnipotent but is not, transforms and transfigures the human personality. At least for a time. For a while. Perhaps that is enough.”
Source: Slumgullion stew: an Edward Abbey reader
“One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.”
Source: The Saint Francis de Sales Collection [16 Books]
“One single gift acknowledged in gratefulness has the power to dissolve the ties of our alienation.”
“One single glance will conquer all descriptions.”
Source: Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments. 1st and 2d Series in One Volume
“One single great player doesn't make anything for a team; it has to be a team. I think [American] football is the greatest team sport there is because you have to depend on your brother next to you.”
“One single instant was enough for the trial of a man's soul. One single instant after the body's death, the soul had been weighed in the balance.”
Source: A Portait of the Artist as a Young Man
“One single lie destroys the absolute confidence which to some souls is the very foundation of happiness.”
Source: Another Study Of Woman
“One single object . . . [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.”
“One single soul saved shall outlive and outweigh all the kingdoms of the world.”
Source: Bible commentary - The gospel of John
“One single vision fills all minds: that of our independence endangered. One single duty imposes itself upon our wills: the duty of stubborn resistance.”
“One single word and I swear I’ll rip your tongue out. (Zephyra)”
Source: The Dark-Hunters
“One sip of this will bathe the drooping spirits in delight, beyond the bliss of dreams.”
Source: The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors
“One sip of this wine
and you will go mad with drunkenness.
You will drop your masks
and tear your clothes — destroying
everything that separates you from the Lover.
Once you taste the fruit of this vine,
you will be kicked out of the city of yourself.
You will forget the world. You will forget yourself.
I tell you:
you will become a madman
who wanders the streets looking for the Lover
once you drink this Wine of Love.”
“One sister for sale, One sister for sale, One crying and spying young sister for sale I'm really not kidding so who'll start the bidding Do I hear a dollar? A nickle? A penny? Oh isnt there isnt there isnt there any One person who will buy this sister for sale This crying spying old young sister for sale.”
“One sister may internalize the message and say, “Okay, I will show you what I can do and how worthy I am” and become an overachiever and a perfectionist. The other sister may internalize this message of inferiority and give up, feeling that she can’t make the grade anyway; she becomes an underachiever or engages in some kind of lifelong self-sabotage.”
Source: Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers
“One sits at her desk as the world outside catches fire and cities continue to burn, people continue to run for their lives - refuge is unattainable but we cannot tell them that, for the cruelest thing a helpless person could do is to tell those in a tragedy that hope, although visits them, is a stingy guest who brings with it nothing else, no rescue or cure.”
“One sits down first; one thinks afterwards.”
Source: Cocteau's world: an anthology of writings
“One sits more comfortably on a colour that one likes.”
“One sits the whole day at the desk and appetite is standing next to me. "Away with you," I say. But Comrade Appetite does not budge from the spot.”
“One sits uncomfortably on a too comfortable cushion.”
“One situation – maybe one alone – could drive me to murder: family life, togetherness.”
“One siupreme fact which I have discovered is that it is not willpower, but fantasy and imagination that ceates. Imagination is the creative force. Imagination creates reality.”
“One size does not fit all.”
“One size NEVER fits all. One size fits one. Period”
“One skill that separates good from almost-good runners is an ability to concentrate for an entire race, whether it is a mile or a marathon.”
“One skill you want to master in this day and age we live in, if you want to have an extraordinary life, is the ability to learn rapidly”
“One sleepy day and the casualness of your erotic heart plays like a tune emerging from the backdrop.”
Source: Shades of Vanity - Shades and Shadows of Eroticism